Re: (Re-)introduction

Welcome back, Matthew!

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On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 9:49 AM Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:

> Welcome, Matthew. We're delighted to have you as an APA member!
>
> As you've been lurking, you likely know that we need all kinds of skills
> to do our work properly, skills that no one person alone has. This
> becomes evident most when we look at newly published W3C specification
> drafts that we believe require accessibility review. So, we are very
> much glad to have more expertise on hand to help share that load!
>
> Again, welcome.
>
> Janina
>
> Matthew Tylee Atkinson writes:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I joined the Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) Working Group as a
> W3C member earlier today, so wanted to (re-)introduce myself. I am on the
> technical team at The Paciello Group, performing audits and helping clients
> with accessibility remediation and accessible design work. Before TPG I was
> in academia, working on projects ranging from accessible gaming and
> documents to using adaptations for accessibility with the aim of helping
> older people sustain their autonomy in ICT use [0].
> >
> > I’m looking forward to learning more about the APA group’s work, and
> contributing where I can. I had actually been lurking on this list for some
> time, after posting a long while back, but plan to be more active in future.
> >
> > best regards,
> >
> >
> > Matthew
> >
> > [0] http://matatk.agrip.org.uk/research/
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> > Matthew Tylee Atkinson
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> > Senior Accessibility Engineer
> > The Paciello Group
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> Janina Sajka
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